09-11-2020, 08:04 AM
This is the trajectory by the independent corporate bureaucratic government of the Commonwealth, it must put a variety of taxes (wouldn’t ‘levy’ sound much nicer?) on particular activities in order to afford to devise, promulgate and police the various provisions, many of which will be part of the criminal code.
Logically the next step will be to tax certain classes of people or individuals, such as drug addicts or hypochondriacs for the illegal over use of health care. A particular levy, the Defence Force Augmentation Levy, would also be appropriate for those who stand to gain most by being protected from military invasion. Such as last Tuesday an unannounced visit to our farm by two ADF soldiers accompanied by one Vic Health Department Officer. Their mission was to ascertain that my wife is home, apparently a mix up because she had already been told by Vic Health specifically that she was not required to self isolate (already tested negative and no direct CV contacts). As an aside but definitely related to the veritable collapse of prudent Commonwealth governance, the Defence Department employs 17,000 directly and a further 26,000 private contractors, imagine the cost. A number of these contractors work side by side with their counterparts and are known as ‘Private Servants.’ The obvious avenues for revolving door employment, rorting and corruption are evident. Furthermore this is the Canberra style, money no object and the set up may not be legal.
Off topic even more so, but the general growth of bureaucratic control, off budget taxation and lack of Ministerial control have become notable.
Another example of Canberra’s business prowess and it’s realities; just had an NBN contractor install satellite internet. I upbraided the two workmen for clomping through our house in their work boots as they made their preliminary inspection. “Its a safety requirement (wearing boots)” says the leading hand, “but we will take them off if they are dirty.”
Canvassing the inside installation options for the black box equipment, he reluctantly agreed in my office which would entail lifting a couple of roofing sheets. He couldn’t place the NBN box high on my office wall because my desk is in the way and he couldn’t reach up there. I moved the desk and provided a ladder, then it was possible after all. Outside now he places his ladder to reach the roof and puts four plastic ‘witches hats’ around the base of his ladder, presumably to delineate a safety caution area. Up he goes, unscrews a couple of roofing sheets and declares its not possible to place the cable through the roof where I want it to go. I fetch my ladder, go up on the roof (even though I’m too old, probably senile and don’t know what I’m doing) and persuade him that it is possible and hold up the iron roofing sheet so he can drill through. His young apprentice can’t go up on the roof because he’s not allowed.
What the hell are we coming to?
Logically the next step will be to tax certain classes of people or individuals, such as drug addicts or hypochondriacs for the illegal over use of health care. A particular levy, the Defence Force Augmentation Levy, would also be appropriate for those who stand to gain most by being protected from military invasion. Such as last Tuesday an unannounced visit to our farm by two ADF soldiers accompanied by one Vic Health Department Officer. Their mission was to ascertain that my wife is home, apparently a mix up because she had already been told by Vic Health specifically that she was not required to self isolate (already tested negative and no direct CV contacts). As an aside but definitely related to the veritable collapse of prudent Commonwealth governance, the Defence Department employs 17,000 directly and a further 26,000 private contractors, imagine the cost. A number of these contractors work side by side with their counterparts and are known as ‘Private Servants.’ The obvious avenues for revolving door employment, rorting and corruption are evident. Furthermore this is the Canberra style, money no object and the set up may not be legal.
Off topic even more so, but the general growth of bureaucratic control, off budget taxation and lack of Ministerial control have become notable.
Another example of Canberra’s business prowess and it’s realities; just had an NBN contractor install satellite internet. I upbraided the two workmen for clomping through our house in their work boots as they made their preliminary inspection. “Its a safety requirement (wearing boots)” says the leading hand, “but we will take them off if they are dirty.”
Canvassing the inside installation options for the black box equipment, he reluctantly agreed in my office which would entail lifting a couple of roofing sheets. He couldn’t place the NBN box high on my office wall because my desk is in the way and he couldn’t reach up there. I moved the desk and provided a ladder, then it was possible after all. Outside now he places his ladder to reach the roof and puts four plastic ‘witches hats’ around the base of his ladder, presumably to delineate a safety caution area. Up he goes, unscrews a couple of roofing sheets and declares its not possible to place the cable through the roof where I want it to go. I fetch my ladder, go up on the roof (even though I’m too old, probably senile and don’t know what I’m doing) and persuade him that it is possible and hold up the iron roofing sheet so he can drill through. His young apprentice can’t go up on the roof because he’s not allowed.
What the hell are we coming to?